Additional info: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c:620 amd_pmu_init+0x176/0x1ec() Hardware name: VMware Virtual Platform Odd, counter constraints enabled but no core perfctrs detected! Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8105e62f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [<ffffffff81d0a054>] ? check_bugs+0x2d/0x2d [<ffffffff8105e726>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffff81d0a5f4>] amd_pmu_init+0x176/0x1ec [<ffffffff81d0a093>] init_hw_perf_events+0x3f/0x42a [<ffffffff81d0a054>] ? check_bugs+0x2d/0x2d [<ffffffff8100215a>] do_one_initcall+0x12a/0x180 [<ffffffff81d00cfa>] kernel_init_freeable+0xad/0x1da [<ffffffff81634690>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 [<ffffffff8163469e>] kernel_init+0xe/0xf0 [<ffffffff816585ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [<ffffffff81634690>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 929427 ***